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OK! MagazineSummer holiday weather revealed - and it's good news for breaks in the UK
July and August are forecast to be 'very warm' - but it's not all good news...
- The Telegraph
Jay Slater ‘left the house alive’, says Airbnb host
Missing British teenager Jay Slater “came to the house alive, and he left the house alive”, the Airbnb guest who put him up has insisted.
- Sky News
Jay Slater: Family hits back as TikTok star quits search and says he's 'never had any money' from GoFundMe
Jay Slater's family has hit back at a TikToker who quit the search for the missing teenager, saying: "We don't need hikers, we need experts." Callum Fahim, who flew to Tenerife after contacting the 19-year-old's mother online, told Sky News he has withdrawn after two weeks of looking - and receiving death threats. Speaking to Sky News, Mr Slater's family said his mother Debbie Duncan gave Mr Fahim £740 of her own money for accommodation but he turned "bitter" after they refused to give him more money.
- AFP
Moscow hit by heat not seen in over a century
Moscow and the surrounding region sweltered Wednesday as temperatures soared to levels unseen in over a century, with the state weather monitor warning of dangerously hot nights. The heatwave has hit the Moscow region as well as the southern and western Kursk, Belgorod and Voronezh regions. bur/fg
- The Telegraph
Father of missing Jay Slater questions why two men took the teenager to their cottage
Jay Slater’s father has questioned why two grown men took his son to a remote cottage in Tenerife before he disappeared.
- Bournemouth Echo UK
Cyclist slapped and slammed door into teenage girl in road rage
A CYCLIST slapped and slammed a car door into a teenage girl after a road rage incident in Bournemouth.
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Watch the horrible moment elderly man is pickpocketed on south east London bus
Organised crime groups are targeting vulnerable people visiting banks, police say. One incident was on a south east London bus.
- Somerset County Gazette
Stolen bank card used at NatWest Yeovil for withdrawals totalling £10,800
Detectives at Dorset Police investigating the theft and subsequent fraudulent use of a bank card have shared CCTV images of a man they would like to identify. A bank card and PIN were intercepted in the post at an address in West Horsley in Surrey sometime between Monday, April 15, and Monday, April 22, of this year.
- Bucks Free Press
Bucks Council refuses to compensate Wycombe woman who broke shoulder in manhole fall
Bucks Council has refused to compensate a High Wycombe grandmother who broke her shoulder when she fell down a manhole in January.
- The Argus
Woman recorded 'monstrous' rape and sexual assault to bring her attacker to justice
A man who raped and sexually assaulted a woman has been found guilty after his victim recorded the incident.
- Isle of Wight County Press
WATCH Shocking video shown in court of pensioner just missing cars head on
VIDEO Isle of Wight man aged 75 who drove a Citroen C3 dangerously appeared before magistrates.
- The Telegraph
Crocodile kills girl, 12, who was ‘cooling off’ in water
The body of a 12-year-old girl has been found in remote northern Australia, two days after she was attacked by a crocodile.
- The Telegraph
Woman murdered elderly parents four years before remains found
A woman has admitted murdering her parents and living in a property with their dead bodies for four years.
- Bournemouth Echo UK
Woman spits at pub worker in 'totally unacceptable' assault
A WOMAN spat at a pub worker in an incident slammed by police as ‘totally unacceptable’.
- The Telegraph
Justin Trudeau’s arrogant, woke tyranny is a chilling vision of life under Starmer
According to one observer, Labour’s manifesto contains 27 references to new offices, regulators, quangos, councils and authorities. One of those includes the promise of “further measures to keep everyone safe online, particularly when using social media”. Which sounds wonderful. Who could be opposed to that?
- Associated Press
South African police find the body of former high jump world champion Freitag, who was shot
South African police have discovered the body of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag after he went missing last month, local media reported on Wednesday. The body had not yet been formally identified by family members. Freitag's sister, Chrissie Lewis, had appealed for help on social media to find Freitag, who went missing in the predawn hours of June 17 after leaving his mother's house.
- The Independent
Jay Slater could still be alive ‘drinking rainwater and eating plants’, detective says
Investigator claims offical search operation for British teenager missing on Tenerife was called off too early
- Yahoo News UK
Why is the UK summer weather so bad and when will it improve?
The UK has seen a considerable decrease in temperatures across the country compared to the previous week.
- HowStuffWorks
What Is the Most Dangerous Animal in the World?
It's hard to say what is the most dangerous animal in the world; you're not comparing apples to apples. But when it comes dangerous, these four top the list.
- The Telegraph
200 paedophiles who paid to see ‘rape by proxy’ of children in Philippines identified
Nearly 200 paedophiles who paid to watch live-streamed sexual abuse of children in the Philippines have been identified in the biggest international police investigation of its kind.